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The male pelvis (L) returns energy while walking, while the female pelvis (R) disperses energy, according to a new study. (Tel Aviv University)
'Evolution made the male a perfect walking machine'
His pelvis was made for walking. Hers? Not so much, claims study of Neanderthal bones
By Zev Stub
New research posits Neanderthal pelvises were surprisingly similar to those of modern females; reproductive needs prevented them from evolutionary development that allows males to walk farther
Prof. Yehu Moran, head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines sea anemones in his lab. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2026, 1:31 am
Israeli scientists say they’ve discovered a unique immune system in sea anemones
Evolutionary split 600 million years ago upends long-held scientific belief that all animals share one ancestral antiviral system; study can help save endangered coral reefs
By Diana Bletter
Gilad Shtienberg, left, and another researcher take the geotube to the right spot in the former Kebara wetland of the Carmel coast, northern Israel. (Courtesy, Tom Levy)
June 20, 2026, 7:37 am
Israeli study unlocks 4,000 years of climate change and human adaptation
University of Haifa co-led study of Carmel Coast mud cores finds ancient Levantine communities adapted to drought rather than simply collapsing or moving away
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Research assistant Katie McCullough holds a mouse in a Washington University lab where doctors study a rare form of autism, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
April 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
With a switch of a letter in DNA ‘dark matter,’ Israeli scientists change sex of mouse
Bar-Ilan University researchers use CRISPR tool to alter Enh13 switch controlling Sox9 gene, causing XX mice to develop as males; study may help explain other genetic mutations
By Diana Bletter
A screen showing the photos of Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 6, 2025. (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)
October 6, 2025, 3:55 pm
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to 3 scientists for work on immune system
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell of the US and Shimon Sakaguchi of Japan worked to identify the body’s ‘security guard’ cells, opening door to new treatments for autoimmune disorders
By KOSTYA MANENKOV, STEFANIE DAZIO and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Elad Gilon finds a Russell species of fungi. He is doing research to determine if it is edible. (Emmanuel Sarid)
October 15, 2024, 6:04 am
In first, doctoral candidate enlists foragers across Israel to help map mushroom DNA
There are over 1,000 species of fungi in the Holy Land; what started as one scientist’s hobby has mushroomed into a collective effort on a scale never before seen in the country
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative photo of a man training his dog, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, on January 10, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 9:15 am
TAU’s $10 million Doolittle prize seeks scientists who can ‘talk to the animals’
The award inaugurated this month at Tel Aviv University hopes to spur research, with the aim of creating human-animal dialogue ‘at their own level’
By Gavriel Fiske
Testicular organoids generated from mice pups and incubated in a dish for 21 days in Dr. Nitzan Gonen's lab at Bar-Ilan University. (Aviya Stopel)
February 23, 2024, 1:46 pm
In breakthrough, Bar-Ilan University scientists form artificial lab-grown testicles
Creation of male gonad organoids using mice could lead to similar work using human tissues that could support advancements in infertility treatments
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Roman Vishniac and his daughter Mara c. mid-1930s. (© Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley)
May 11, 2023, 10:29 pm
Daughter helps turn lens on pioneering photographer father Roman Vishniac in new film
In ‘Vishniac,’ screening at DovAviv from May 11, filmmaker Laura Bialis shows a man who documented pre-Holocaust European Jewry, then reinvented himself as a self-styled scientist
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: cancer cells against a backdrop of DNA (Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen via iStock by Getty Images)
March 27, 2023, 1:38 pm
Hebrew University researchers discover how pancreatic cancer spreads through body
Study published in Nature holds out hope for patients by pointing to an existing drug that could undergo trials for use in fighting metastases
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A spider inside a deep dark cave. (iStock by Getty Images)
February 16, 2023, 10:13 am
7 new spider species found in the depths of Israeli caves
Hebrew University-led research discovers blind and semi-blind arachnids in Galilee and central Israel surprisingly closer evolutionarily to European species than to their neighbors
By ToI Staff
A magnified image of the Israeli-developed material which speeds the repair of damaged nerves using electricity (courtesy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
July 1, 2022, 12:24 pm
Israeli-developed smart fabric uses electricity to fast-track repair of nerves
Silicone-based invention being tailored for human use after proving itself on rats; it wraps damaged nerves and electrically stimulates them using energy from light shone on skin
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustration of sperm and egg cell (iStock via Getty Images)
March 8, 2022, 5:03 am
In breakthrough, Jerusalem lab says older human eggs can be made young again
Ova from women 40+ took on some characteristics of eggs from a 20-year-old after treatment with anti-viral medicine; Hebrew University team hopes method may boost fertility
By Nathan Jeffay
Edward O. Wilson, co-author of "The Ants," which won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, poses for a portrait on June 10, 1991. Wilson, the pioneering biologist who argued for a new vision of human nature in “Sociobiology” and warned against the decline of ecosystems, died on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. He was 92. (AP Photo/File)
December 28, 2021, 2:30 am
Edward O. Wilson, pioneering biologist known as ‘ant man,’ dead at 92
Scientist stirred controversy with 1975 book, ‘Sociobiology: The New Synthesis,’ that linked human behavior and genetics; critics equated theories with sexism, racism and Nazism
By AP
In this February 14, 2016 illustrative photo, a woman in an alien costume poses for a picture during the annual Alien Festival in Capilla del Monte, Cordoba, Argentina, the site of an alleged UFO sighting 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
April 29, 2021, 4:25 am
How do aliens look? An Israeli zoologist’s down-to-earth theory on ET evolution
In his new book ‘The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ Arik Kershenbaum argues that using earthly evolutionary biology is the best way to picture interstellar life
By Rich Tenorio
Evolutionary biologist and author of 'Exercised' Daniel Lieberman takes a man's blood pressure in Mexico. (Photo by David Ramos)
February 7, 2021, 3:26 am
Loathe jogging? Harvard prof explains how humans evolved to be couch potatoes
In his book ‘Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding,’ Daniel Lieberman tackles myths and inaccuracies about physical fitness and the need for rest
By Cathryn J. Prince
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